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NASA’s X-59 Moves Closer to First Flight with Advanced Taxi Tests and Augmented Vision
NASA’s X-59, a 99-foot experimental aircraft developed with Lockheed Martin, has entered the taxi test phase at California’s ...
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NASA Rehearses How To Measure X-59's Noise Levels
NASA test pilot Nils Larson walks around an F-15B research aircraft for a rehearsal flight supporting the agency's Quesst ...
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NASA’s X-59: A Supersonic Jet Designed for a Quiet Future
The Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft is America's newest experimental plane. A time-lapse video released by NASA in early ...
NASA's X-59 moves under its own power
NASA announced a successful test of its X-59 aircraft at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., that could lead to ...
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Can NASA’s X-59 Silence the Sonic Boom and Redefine Supersonic Flight?
The X-59’s shape is designed to prevent the shockwaves from coalescing together,” said NASA engineer Craig Nickol, outlining the fundamentals of a mission set to turn on its head a half-century of ...
NASA tests new ‘quiet’ supersonic plane capable of London-New York flight in under four hours
NASA has begun testing a new supersonic aircraft, almost 22 years after Concorde flew its last passenger service. The “quiet” ...
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Trump Clears Path for Supersonic Commercial Flights in US
Trump's move to lift a 52-year FAA ban clears the way for supersonic commercial flights over the US, opening a new era in air ...
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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet rolls out for its 1st test drive (video)
NASA's recently-retired SOFIA airborne observatory aircraft, the "flying telescope," also called Plant 42 home. The agency's ...
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NASA's X-59 jet to change air travel
NASA's X-59 aircraft has begun taxiing tests, marking a significant step towards reintroducing commercial supersonic flight.
NASA's X-59 supersonic jet could fly you from New York to Paris in half the time
NASA's X-59 supersonic jet, dubbed the "son of Concorde," has completed low-speed taxi tests, advancing toward its first ...
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NASA's X-59 rolls closer to supersonic flight – slowly
NASA's X-59 is taking slow steps towards supersonic flight, beginning taxiing tests at US Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, ...
Forget jet lag: NASA’s X-59 could get you from New York to London in three hours and you won't even feel it
NASAs experimental X-59 supersonic jet has completed low-speed taxi tests in California, inching closer to its maiden flight. Developed under the Quesst mission, the aircraft is designed to fly faster ...